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Alex Faaborg is a principal designer at Mozilla, where he focuses on the visual and interactive design of Firefox. He also contributes to Mozilla Labs, which explores the next stage in the evolution of the Web and its long term future. He has extensive experience in artificial intelligence, user interface design, and cognitive science and is a graduate of the MIT Media Laboratory.

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Biological Motion and Happy Interfaces

Using biological motion animation to create expressive, happy products and experiences.

April 14, 2010

Debating the Fundamentals

The debates between specific usability heuristics will come to shape your career as a designer.

September 08, 2011

Quantifying Usability

Influence engineers to create better usability outcomes by making heuristics integral to QC systems.

May 28, 2010

Retrospective on the Design and Philosophy of Firefox

Alex Faaborg, Principal Designer at Mozilla, discusses net neutrality, Internet freedom, and the UX principles behind Firefox's design.

November 02, 2011

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